Chicago Pediatric Malpractice Attorney

Parents put tremendous trust in the doctors they task with caring for the most precious person in their lives—their child. It’s a deep betrayal of trust when a pediatrician’s negligence or mistake causes harm to a child. While no legal action can erase the harm, you can demand financial accountability and a sense of justice for your child. Contact a Chicago medical malpractice attorney at Smith LaCien to learn about your rights.

Why Choose Us for Your Pediatric Malpractice Law Firm In Chicago?

At Smith LaCien, we have dedicated our careers to advocating for injury victims, with a deep commitment to addressing harm caused to vulnerable clients, including children. With our team on your side, you have the following:

• Access to medical expert witnesses for supporting evidence in your case
• A history of exceptional results in recovering billions of dollars for our clients since our firm began
• A personalized legal strategy with your family’s compensation and justice as our primary purpose

We never charge upfront fees to injury victims. Instead, after a /contact/, we use a contingency-based payment method so we only get paid after you do.

Recognizing Pediatric Malpractice Cases In Chicago

When a doctor makes a critical error that results in a child’s injury, worsened medical outcome, or tragic wrongful death, it’s a violation of their legal duty of care, sometimes causing egregious impacts on entire families. Common examples of medical malpractice include the following negligence in a child’s medical care:

• Misdiagnosis
• Failure to diagnose
• Delayed diagnosis
• Medication mistakes
• Failure to order appropriate diagnostic tests
• Misinterpreting test results
• Failure to refer parents to a specialist or to confer with a specialist
• Obstetrical errors
• Lack of informed consent
• Wrong-site, wrong-side, or wrong-patient surgeries
• Anesthesia errors
• Hospital-acquired infections

Some of the most damaging cases of medical malpractice in pediatric care are failures to diagnose conditions such as congenital heart defects, retinoblastoma and other cancers, testicular torsion, and pneumonia.

What to Do If You Suspect Your Child Suffered Pediatric Malpractice In Chicago

Doctors, hospitals, and medical providers rarely come forward and freely admit that their mistake caused harm to a child. If you suspect your child’s condition is the result of medical malpractice in Chicago or elsewhere, take the following actions:

• First, call 911 if it’s a life-threatening emergency
• Otherwise, bring the child to a trusted provider who is unaffiliated with the hospital or pediatric clinic where the malpractice occurred
• Obtain a copy of the child’s medical records from the facility where the malpractice occurred, and a physician’s statement and records from the trusted provider who saw or treated your child after the malpractice
• Keep copies of all medical bills and receipts from related expenses
• Contact a Chicago pediatric medical malpractice attorney from Smith LaCien

If your child suffered from medical negligence, your family doesn’t have to be left with the financial burdens as well as the physical and emotional harm.

Recoverable Damages In a Chicago Pediatric Malpractice Claim

When a child suffers an adverse medical outcome due to pediatric malpractice, it’s devastating knowing that the injury could have been prevented with the skilled care you expect from medical providers. Common damages recovered in successful Illinois medical malpractice claims include the following:

• Reimbursement for medical expenses
• Anticipated future medical costs related to the child’s injury
• The parents’ or guardians’ lost earnings and future income loss
• Compensation for the child’s pain and suffering and the parents’ emotional anguish
• Compensation for catastrophic injury if the child suffered permanent harm, such as disability, loss of limb, organ loss, disfigurement, or diminished quality of life

If your child died from pediatric negligence, your family can obtain the justice and financial accountability you deserve for the grievous loss through a medical malpractice wrongful death claim.

Call a Chicago Pediatric Malpractice Attorney from Smith LaCien

Your child and your family deserve better than substandard medical care. You also deserve skilled legal representation to demand financial accountability for pediatric malpractice. Call Smith LaCien today for a free evaluation of your case.